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What sustains informality

The special issue contributes significantly to critical issues related to the nature of informal employment and its determinants, how informal firms can grow their business and productivity, and the effects of labour market regulations and social insurance policies on informality.

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Kunal Sen

Michael Danquah

Simone Schotte

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July 2022

Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis ,

Volume 58, Issue 7

© UNU-WIDER 2022

Table of contents
  1. 1. What sustains informality?
    Kunal Sen, Michael Danquah, Simone Schotte
  2. 2. Ethnic diversity and informal work in Ghana
    Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Michael Danquah
    More Working Paper | Ethnic diversity and informal work in Ghana
  3. 3. Job quality and labour market transitions: Evidence from Mexican informal and formal workers
    Emily Conover, Melanie Khamis, Sarah Pearlman
    More Working Paper | Job quality and labour market transitions
  4. 4. Choices and constraints: The nature of informal employment in urban Mexico
    Robert Duval-Hernández
    More Working Paper | By choice or by force?
  5. 5. Informality and firm performance in Myanmar
    Hanna Berkel, Finn Tarp
    More Working Paper | Informality and firm performance in Myanmar
  6. 6. Finance, gender and entrepreneurship: India’s informal sector firms
    Ira N. Gang, Rajesh Raj Natarajan, Kunal Sen
    More Working Paper | Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship
  7. 7. What sustains informality?: A study of interactions between formal and informal sector firms
    Ajit Mishra
    More Working Paper | What sustains informality?
  8. 8. Precarization or protection?: The role of trade and labour policies on informality
    Rita K. Almeida, Lourenço S. Paz, Jennifer P. Poole
    More Working Paper | Precarization or protection? The impact of trade and labour policies on informality
  9. 9. Informality and pension reforms in Bolivia: The case of Renta Dignidad
    Carla Canelas, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa
    More Working Paper | Informality and pension reforms in Bolivia
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Climbing the job ladder – presentation at the World Bank of forthcoming UNU-WIDER book
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